Khukuries from the Nepal countryside

[Coupchoux]

The real villager :

 

[7rip13a]

Great picture, thanks for sharing CC.:thumbup: Gotta love well used blades. And I know I've said this before, but I love the smaller handles.

 

[oldschool45]

Coupchoux, thanks for sharing:thumbup:
Anybody else notice how wide those edge bevels are?
I think bottom right photo top blade might just be what I am looking for at about a 3/8" spine thickness.

 

[Carolina River Rat]

Great pics. That old dude looks hard core.

 

[Steve Tall]

Approx. 19" long, 2-1/2" wide, 3/8"thick

"These original battle kukri’s were made prior to 1890. Some were made much earlier, but it’s difficult to determine the exact date. Each kukri is hand made; the steel was smelted, forged, shaped and hammered in Nepal by individual Kamis. As spears and the Kora sword were being replaced by firearms, the kukri was the weapon of choice for hand-to-hand combat. This longleaf kukri was made for war. It has a straighter spine and longer blade than bhojpure, and in the skilled hands of the Gurkha it became a frightening weapon indeed. These have all seen service with both the Nepali military and the British Army. All of the blades are marked in Devangari script with the date of manufacture."

Antique lovers can still obtain these for less than a benjamin. [No endorsement implied.]

 

[Steve Tall]

Another try for the picture of the antique khukuri:

 

[Nicholas]

Did you see that sheath at the old man's belt (or what's left of it)? It's just the wooden pieces, held together with a strap!

Now THAT's "well-used"!

 

[shortwinger]

Great pics. That old dude looks hard core.

Awwww, don't call Simon old

Bill
Virginia

 

[hollowdweller]

I love the one w/the checkered wood handle!

 

[JayGoliath]

 

[hunglvq]

I note that these villager looks more of Tamang knife with less curved blade.

 

[JayGoliath]

Agree Hung.

For some reason i felt this is the well-used, villager version of UBE, with a slimmer tip.

 

[boerboel84]

the one he is cutting meat with (the guy with the blue t-shirt) realy looks good, very wide edge on it.
i tried to find it on the web site www.chinabbz.com, but i could not trace it down wonder hows the quality is.

 

[Yangdu]

Nice pix, thank you for sharing

 

[Coupchoux]

Villager khukuri from Kathmandu valley :

 

[monkeybutt]

Approx. 19" long, 2-1/2" wide, 3/8"thick

"These original battle kukri’s were made prior to 1890. Some were made much earlier, but it’s difficult to determine the exact date. Each kukri is hand made; the steel was smelted, forged, shaped and hammered in Nepal by individual Kamis. As spears and the Kora sword were being replaced by firearms, the kukri was the weapon of choice for hand-to-hand combat. This longleaf kukri was made for war. It has a straighter spine and longer blade than bhojpure, and in the skilled hands of the Gurkha it became a frightening weapon indeed. These have all seen service with both the Nepali military and the British Army. All of the blades are marked in Devangari script with the date of manufacture."
Antique lovers can still obtain these for less than a benjamin. [No endorsement implied.]

Interesting. I've been feeling that a straighter spine would give superior martial function by easing/speeding directional changes. Toward this end I should be receiving some time this week a custom sirupate and a chitlange w/ design instructions for nearly straight spines. They will have approximately 15" blades and I have also requested that they be as light as practical. So I guess I'll see.

 

[monkeybutt]

Agree Hung.

For some reason i felt this is the well-used, villager version of UBE, with a slimmer tip.

This is the spittin' image of a blade I recently picked called the 'Kasai' or 'Butcher' as the seller also calls it. It has a wide bevel w/ relatively narrow and very sharp cutting angle. Site says the design is to cut meat as shown in your pics. And cut meat it certainly does well as I was separating some port ribs today and had to go through the sternum. Much easier than my usual go to butcher knife.
I'm pleased to see that this design is a actual user because it just feels right to me while doing its intended purpose of slicing meat and chopping through bone. It also came surprisingly light at 19.65 oz. instead of the indicated 32oz. workout tool I was expecting. Thanks for the pics. Makes me feel better that I bought another for spare.

 

[spiraltwista]

Thats funny! The dirty lowlifes stole those photos from me!

I took them about 6 years ago in Dharan meat market.

The top kukri weighed at least 2 1/2 pounds, he had various size kukri for the varied butchery jobs, that top on was for dismemberment.

He was very proud that I wanted his picture with him showing the kukri. Glad you like the pictures.

Spiral

 

[C.S. Graves]

Villager khukuri from Kathmandu valley :

A beaut!!!

 

[sta94]

Coupchoux, neat pics, esp. those "khukuri from Kathmandu Valley" ones, thanks for posting. There's a seller on the auction site that regularly seems to have old villager khukuris like the ones in your first post - are these yours? and/or from that source? Just curious.

Spiral that's a shame your pics are being used by these guys without proper attribution. I too have khukuri pics floating on the web and have seen them picked up here & there on various discussion forums, which is cool by me, but not blatantly like these with somebody else's website address, logo stamp, etc. on them as if they owned these pics. That sucks bigtime!